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Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix鈥檚 practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
United States v. Rahimi
Whether 18 U.S.C. 搂 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic-violence restraining orders, violates the Second Amendment on its face.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
Do employees claiming that they have been denied a transfer because of their race have to demonstrate in addition that the transfer caused a significant material disadvantage?
Status: Ongoing
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Jun 2020
Defy Ventures, Inc. v. Small Business Administration
Suing the Trump administration to lift its unlawful exclusion of businesses owned by people with criminal records from being eligible for Paycheck Protection Act funds
Status: Ongoing
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California
Mar 2019
MediaJustice, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al.
On March 21, 2019, the 老澳门开奖结果 and MediaJustice, formerly known as "Center for Media Justice," filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about FBI targeting of Black activists. The lawsuit enforces the 老澳门开奖结果 and MediaJustice鈥檚 right to information about a 2017 FBI Intelligence Assessment that asserts, without evidence, that a group of so-called 鈥淏lack Identity Extremists鈥 poses a threat of domestic terrorism. The Intelligence Assessment was widely disseminated to law enforcement agencies nationwide, raising public concern about government surveillance of Black people and Black-led organizations based on anti-Black stereotypes and First Amendment protected activities.
Status: Ongoing
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Aug 2015
S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office
A deputy sheriff shackled two elementary school children who have disabilities, causing them pain and trauma, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the 老澳门开奖结果, the Children's Law Center, and Dinsmore & Shohl.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Virginia
Jun 2019
Home of Virginia, Inc. V. Wisely Properties,Llc and Multifamily Management Services, Inc.
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of a Chesterfield County apartment complex for application policies that discriminate against black people. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), explains how the blanket criminal record screening policy used at Sterling Glen Apartments is intended to keep African Americans from living there and disproportionately harms people of color.
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Virginia
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Home of Virginia, Inc. V. Wisely Properties,Llc and Multifamily Management Services, Inc.
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of a Chesterfield County apartment complex for application policies that discriminate against black people. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), explains how the blanket criminal record screening policy used at Sterling Glen Apartments is intended to keep African Americans from living there and disproportionately harms people of color.
Jun 2019
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May 2019
Sandvig v. Barr 鈥 Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online
The 老澳门开奖结果 has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a federal crime to access a computer in a manner that 鈥渆xceeds authorized access.鈥 This provision of the law often prohibits and chills academics, researchers, and journalists from testing for discrimination on the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2016. The plaintiffs are academic researchers, computer scientists, and journalists who wish to investigate companies鈥 online practices through standard academic and journalistic techniques, but are limited by the terms of service of target websites.
Status: Ongoing
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Sandvig v. Barr 鈥 Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online
The 老澳门开奖结果 has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a federal crime to access a computer in a manner that 鈥渆xceeds authorized access.鈥 This provision of the law often prohibits and chills academics, researchers, and journalists from testing for discrimination on the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2016. The plaintiffs are academic researchers, computer scientists, and journalists who wish to investigate companies鈥 online practices through standard academic and journalistic techniques, but are limited by the terms of service of target websites.
May 2019
Status: Ongoing
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New York
May 2019
Christa McAuliffe Intermediate School PTO v. Bill de Blasio
The 老澳门开奖结果, together with the New York Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, has filed a motion to intervene in the federal lawsuit Christa McAuliffe Intermediate School PTO v. Bill de Blasio.
Status: Ongoing
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New York
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Christa McAuliffe Intermediate School PTO v. Bill de Blasio
The 老澳门开奖结果, together with the New York Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, has filed a motion to intervene in the federal lawsuit Christa McAuliffe Intermediate School PTO v. Bill de Blasio.
May 2019
Status: Ongoing
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South Dakota
Mar 2019
Dakota Rural Action v. Noem
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of South Dakota have filed a federal lawsuit challenging three South Dakota laws that target full-throated advocacy and protest.
Status: Ongoing
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South Dakota
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Free Speech
Dakota Rural Action v. Noem
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of South Dakota have filed a federal lawsuit challenging three South Dakota laws that target full-throated advocacy and protest.
Mar 2019
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2019
Smith v. California 18-7094
Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to prevent courts from allowing prosecutors to use prospective jurors鈥 opinions about the O.J. Simpson trial or other potential racial proxies as 鈥渞ace-neutral鈥 explanations for striking black jurors without further inquiry.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Capital Punishment
Smith v. California 18-7094
Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to prevent courts from allowing prosecutors to use prospective jurors鈥 opinions about the O.J. Simpson trial or other potential racial proxies as 鈥渞ace-neutral鈥 explanations for striking black jurors without further inquiry.
Feb 2019
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